AT&T Services, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00348 on May 5, 2026. As of this early stage, the PTAB docket reflects the petition filing but does not yet provide the full merits picture in the publicly summarized case metadata. That means practitioners will want to monitor the record closely…
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The Department of Justice has announced that a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina has indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges alleging threats to harm President Donald Trump. Whatever the ultimate merits, the case is immediately significant because it combines a high-profile defendant, allegations involving threats against a sitting or former president, and the…
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The Ninth Circuit’s May 7, 2026 civil opinion by Judge McKeown appears to be a useful procedural decision for litigators focused on preserving issues for appeal and understanding the scope of appellate review. Although the docket entry does not itself provide the full factual background, the opinion is notable because the court addresses core appellate principles that frequently determine whether…
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AT&T Services, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00349 on May 5, 2026. At this early stage, the proceeding is notable less for any merits ruling and more for what it signals: another major operating company turning to the PTAB as part of a broader patent-defense playbook.

Based on the…
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board granted institution in IPR2026-00146, concluding that the petitioner met the threshold showing required under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a): a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim. At the institution stage, that is the key question, and the Board found the petition sufficiently supported to move forward to a full trial…
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Former FBI Director James Comey has made his first court appearance in a criminal case alleging he made a threat against former President Donald Trump, launching what could become a closely watched test of how federal prosecutors prove criminal intent in politically charged speech cases.

The prosecution, styled US v. James Comey, Jr., is drawing unusual scrutiny not only…
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Hayley Harris is set to join Pinsent Masons as the international law firm’s global chief knowledge and AI adoption officer, effective 1 June. Harris was previously at BCLP and worked […]
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Federal prosecutors have announced charges against Cole Tomas Allen in a case alleging attempted assassination of the president and assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Even at the indictment stage, the matter immediately stands out as one of the most consequential federal criminal prosecutions in the current news cycle, both because of the alleged target and because…
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Our Friday Legaltech Week panel has been off for a couple weeks, due to travel and other conflicts. But we’re back — live today at 3 p.m. ET — to discuss the latest news in legal tech and innovation.
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The Smokeball/Thomson Reuters partnership is the latest effort to better tie the legal research and substantive side of the business to the administrative side. What’s unique about it is that TR and Smokeball both say their partnership is purposefully directed toward the smaller law firms. It’s particularly timely as smaller law firms are struggling to compete with bigger law firms…
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Last week, Will Chen released MikeOSS, an open-source project on GitHub that claims to be feature-equivalent to Harvey and Legora. Among other things, MikeOSS has an assistant, a tabular review function, and reusable workflows. While it’s too early to tell how strong the technology is, the response in the development community has been viral.
For those less familiar, the…
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The Department of Justice highlighted two very different but equally consequential criminal matters this week: a jury conviction in Virginia tied to the deletion of U.S. government databases, and a guilty plea in a terrorism case involving an alleged ISIS-inspired plot targeting a Jewish center in Brooklyn. Taken together, the cases show DOJ’s continued focus on cyber-related insider threats and…
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